The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-17

know me yet II 1t couio gets sisn' Vi
me, but it can't.
81 went out, you know, by the sd-
vice Of a physician. Said he: You
need out door exercise, and above
all, sleep-such long, quiet nights
sleep as you can only md In the
country away from the noise aud heat
of the city, with the great open win
dows and the cool and velvety breeze
floating through your room all night
long, with perhaps an occasional
night with the pattering rain upon
the roof to lull you to sleep. That's
what the doctor said.
$50 hired out to a farmer to work
all summer. He said | was SO white
and pale that he couldn't give me
anything but my board for my serv-
ices, but if wanted TO work tor that
might climb in behind the seat and
ride out.
so | did. Ne had one mule aud
one horse, and the mule baked every
time we went up hill, and the horse
every time we went down hill, and
they both tried to run away on the
level. He drove them with trace
chain tied on white ash axe -helve,
But we got out there at last. |
don't want to tell you anything about
the work today haven't time-but
| feel as if must say something
about those long nights sleep.
THE first night we got home late,
but still the sun was only nicely
down. The sun sets about two hours
later out there than anywhere else in
the known world.
after supper the farmer spent
one hour and half telling me about
the fax crop on the back forty, and
then he reckoned we better milk.
There were twelve cows and he said
each would take six. He gave me
the kickers, and it took me two
hours, and il had been dark long
time when finished. Then he had
me pump up water for the next day.
And it took forty minutes. Then |
filed the wood box and split the kin
ding wood. And as it was big box
il took thirty minutes. Then he told
me about the oat crop, which took an
hour. And when | went to bed il
was growing light in the east.
The window in the room was q
pane OF glass nailed over an irregular
hole in the boards and could not be
opened. | felt around in the dim
lisht aud finally got into bed. | had
Just fallen asleep and had begun u
dream / was lying along the ridge
pole Of double bumped camel wher
the farmer pounded on the stair,
with an old broomstick and said
breakfast was ready. couldn't see
As il was any lighter than when
went to bed, though the sky in the
east was little redder.
III will pass over the day, rs il il
painful to recall. Or rather the day
and the last end Of one night aud tn,
FIRST OF another, for we were in the
bayfield, sixteen hours.
And that evening after supper h,
said | might throw the dirt out OF |
new cellar while | rested.
"Then we MIXED, aud he gave 10,
eight cows instead Of shall kick
ers. And one OF them was q hooker
too, aud slammed me through tn,
corn crib.
81 got to bed an hour sooner thai
!. the night before, because he said b
/ was thinking Of getting up early tn
next morning.
, "And that night IL rained, and
, heard the pleasant patter Of the raj
on the roof that that old fraud OF
doctor spoke about. But il didn
! lull me 10 sleep because IL leake
J down on me and got the bedcloths
: all wet, and 4 caught cold.
: Aud when the farmer pounde
|; on the stairs got mp and locked 1
= my watch, and had been abed n
hour aud forty minutes. Aud m
!, clothes we're wet aud there WI
: water in my shoes.
I. But IL wasa good day and v
a worked at the hay again. w
q moved down what the farmer oalls
. a 'slathor' Of il. And that Nigh
a after had rested awhile on the ce
lar and MIXED the twelve cows
II twelve kickers aud one OF the
D. thought | was trying 10 kidnap h,
- calf aud chased me out OF the yard.
,. the farmer said il looked like RAJ
d again, aud he reckoDed we'd bett
- 20 out aud cock up that hay befol
% bedtime.
~ And before we got 10 the field
"a saw the morning star, aud when | hi
- got up twelve punches OF hay aud q
y old hypocrite Of a farmer four,
~ heard lark. Then when had I
~ twenty four punches aud the farm
AZ six IL began 10 grow quite light.
"a when the farmer saw IL he Ia
n. down on the hay aud laughed Tor u
minutes. He said we had work
20 right through tho night witho
" knowing IL.
9. But | had known more about
III than he thought | had.
I'VE worked au hour longer, al
20 then We went 20 the house and
10 MIXED. Breakfast wasn't qui
~ ready, aud | threw couple Of cub
% yards OF sand out OF the bottom
n the cellar.
N and while we we're eating, d
iie farmer told mo TO hurry because
y would like 10 set in Quo fall daI
!. work during haying. said ] Won
!, toe, and that | would stop aud 20 OF
n AID harness the horses. Aud
ia said that was business, aud | We
70 out and ran down the road a
le walked into town.
70 And now | am looking for III
~ old liar Of physician aud surge
I. who told me about the long sleep
er would 20. on farm"